Access to Work Programme: Voluntary Work
Commons · Question 43924 · Tabled 3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Marsha De Cordova
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of helping blind and partially sighted people by extending the Access to Work scheme to formal volunteering placements.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 11 Apr 2025
Access to Work is a demand-led, personalised discretionary grant which supports the recruitment and retention of disabled people in paid employment. We recognise the important role that volunteering, and other programmes can play in securing employment, a...